Cumulative Physiologic Dysfunction and Pregnancy: Characterization and Association with Birth Outcomes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 147-155

  McKee, Kimberly Schmitt ^a,d   Seplaki, Christopher ^a   Fisher, Susan ^b,c   Groth, Susan W ^a   Fernandez, I Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Birth weight; Cumulative physiologic dysfunction; Gestational age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEW YORK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINEAR MODELS; NEW YORK; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979256343     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2103-0     Document Type: Article

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